R-rated silly straws causing a stir

I didn't sleep well last night, so my maturity meter may be broken. But I can't stop giggling under my breath about these questionable silly straws a Kentucky mother bought at Walmart. Andrea Bailey thought she was buying a package of colorful, twisted straws for her three-year-old, but when she got home she realized she'd gotten so much more.

The straws in question appear to be molded into the shape of a male sex organ, though they also could simply be a rocket ship. No matter, Andrea Bailey first called Walmart to complain and when she didn't like their response, she called the media. What resulted is a news piece that I don't think was intended to be funny...but it is. Even the newscasters seem to be a little embarrassed about the fact they're covering this story.

In the comments section of that news piece, a reader points out that there are websites who sell straws like this one, websites who make things for bachelorette parties, for example. So either this is a case of the wrong straw getting into the wrong package, or there's a silly straw designer out there shaking his hands to the sky and yelling, "It's supposed to be a rocket ship!"

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Looks like nothing but a straw to me. Nothing else, and I have my own penis to compare it to. Sorry folks this is nothing but another pathetic attempt to 'protect our children' from something that is not there. Try protecting them from the war.

Yup. might just be an ever so SLIGHT resemblance there but hey, you really think a 3 year old is gonna have a problem with it. Sounds to me like just another bimbo that just had to get her name in the news. GET A LIFE!!!!

OMG get real she's a little girl, like she's going to know the difference. I'm 16 years old and it looks like a male sex organ. But she's 3 years old. The straws will be outgrown in a couple of years. And I do believe this crazy woman just wanted some air time. I live in the area of the Wal-Mart and I do not think other people would've been ashamed of her for keeping them. Im pretty sure that they would have been lost or broken in a week or so.

If her mind is that twisted than she should save them for when she gives the child sex education discussions training. But then I suspect she is one of those who cannot discuss sex with anyone, much less her children.

So let me get this straight..She was upset that her daughter might see these organ shaped straws but yet she sitting there with the girl right next to her and laying them out on the counter and saying, "They look like the male private area." ???????

People will see anything if they look hard enough -- especially paranoid adults. To a child it just a straw but adults see sex organs-- either way you don't want your kids exposed to it. I don't think Wal-Mart is to blame, and the lady needs to step back and calm down, but she should get a refund and the crappy straws should be removed from the shelves. More than likely they are some made-in-China junk anyhow and contain toxins in the plastics. Thats more of an issue than seeing sex organs.